Auckland is catching up with the latest transport trend to sweep the United States

Five-hundred e-scooters will be rolled out across the city next month, with three-thousand more due to be rolled out in the months to come.

The scooters can be hired through an app, and dropped off for collection in any public place.

JMI Wealth director Andrew Kelleher says everywhere the e-scooter schemes get approval, they become massive businesses.

One US e-scooter company is valued at two billion dollars, and has just raised 300-million in capital.